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@Foodnerd81: We don't have the IKEA chairs, but my kids use similar Amish-made chairs when we visit my in laws. They belonged to my husband and his siblings growing up, and are great for the girls (who are now almost 4 and 5.5) - they feel "grown up", but fit at the table a little better. I'm in a similar boat to you with your new kitchen furniture (chairs/stools are "oversize" and my kids fidget pretty badly in them), and also considering junior chairs from IKEA.

We have this one at our dining table. DS (3) only sits in it when we have like formal family dinners all together (Thanksgiving, Passover etc.) I like that it's like a real chair but at a better height for him, it's not hideous and it's very light so we can move it. However, since he can get in and out easily, he does, so the majority of the time, he's still in his lobster clip high chair at the counter for meals and doing playdoh and art.

We used the Urban for our daughter for 2-3 yrs. - awesome, durable chair. We have the Ingolf dinning and bar-height chairs, but I'm so glad we went with the Urban - nice wide base, easy to wipe down + it gives our dining set a fun vibe to have the green urban with the black dinning set. I was just thinking the other day about when our younger daughter will transition into it! Just check the height with your table and your child's proportions.

We also have the ingolf and it is easy to clean. The reason I liked it more than the urban was that it had rods on the side to help DS climb up the side instead of the front. We don't have to scoot the chair in and out from the table, he just goes up the side and slides his legs around.

I love the urban, we have it in green and ditched the high chair for it at 2ish!